Claim of Sleator v. National City Bank

This is a heart case. The Workmen’s Compensation Board has found that “ Due to unusual effort, strain and exertion under unfavorable atmospheric conditions, superimposed upon a severe gross pre-existing cardiac pathology, [decedent] sustained accidental injuries in the nature of an occlusive coronary arteriosclerosis, which caused his collapse and death on September 30, 1948.” Appellants challenge the finding the decedent was under unusual effort and strain and assert that his work had nothing to do with his death.

Decedent was employed as an engineer in the building where the employer bank…